Seasonal cocktail: blood orange and bourbon

It’s blood orange season, finally! You can tell because they’re all over Instagram. Naturally I wanted to make something with these photogenic fruits, and came across this beautiful drink in an old post at Love and Lemons. I definitely can’t photograph it as well as the original, partly due to lack of skillz and partly due to SAD-inducing lack of decent daylight, but hopefully you get the idea of how pretty it is. (Should I rearrange my life to make cocktails in the early morning and catch the light? Probably wouldn’t go down well at work.)

I love that citrus is in season in winter. It’s always just what I need in miserable January. This is not just a good-looking drink, it’s a fresh yet wintery concoction, easy on the liquor, with a bit of sparkling water to lighten it up. Super tasty, super refreshing, could drink about 10. But won’t.

I changed the proportions a bit, and made it with equal parts bourbon and blood orange juice, and added just a splash of water. You could alter the proportions easily to make it more like an orange whisky sour (see also this recipe at A Cocktail Life).

Looks like a bloodbath.

1.5 oz bourbon1.5 oz blood orange juice (I strained it to get rid of the pulp)A couple of dashes of Angostura bittersSplash of sparkling water

I stirred the bourbon, orange juice and bitters over ice, then strained into a chilled cocktail glass, and added a tiny bit of water. And then made it pretty (sorry, attempted to make it pretty) with a slice of orange.

Not our season here in NZ for blood oranges ( June-september) but planning on making this then. thanks for sharing and I think your pics are good – better than mine I always cut something off!! 🙂https://cocktails4youblog.wordpress.com/